Shopify × the Claude app
Paid themes cost up to $495 and apps charge every month. Describe what you want and AI builds it into the theme you already have. Your live store is never touched until you say so.
No code, no technical screens. You write what you want in normal words, look at the designs it shows you, and say yes.
You need: a computer, a Claude Pro plan (about $20/month) and your Shopify login.
I want my product page to sell packs, like this one I saved.
Here are two versions in your colours, with your mug. Which one?
B, but make "set of 4" the popular one.
Done. It's on a private copy of your store, checked on phone and desktop. Open it here:
Preview · only you can see itYour live store hasn't changedPerfect, publish it.
Every request follows the same path. You see the design before anything is built, and the result before anyone else does.
LUNE & MOSS
★★★★★ 4.8
Amber Jar Candle€24 €29
★★★★★ 4.9
Speckled Mug$28.00 $34.00
FAQ ⌃
Is it microwave safe? +
You ask → it designs → you approve → it builds and checks → it ships a preview → you publish
Three stores and the page you're reading, all made by the person behind the workshop. Every page was designed first, approved, then built with the same method and the same safety rules you get.
tableware and home · built on Fabric, a free Shopify design
acupressure mats · built on Refresh, a free Shopify design
weighted walking vest · science article + product page
the workshop's own sales page · same method, start to finish
Badges, FAQs, free-shipping bar, size charts, sticky add to cart. Presentation with data you already have.
Cart upsells, visual bundles, pack selectors. Works, with edge cases worth weighing.
Verified reviews, subscriptions, loyalty, email, shipping. Anything with a server, customer data or payments.
Anita's Home started on Fabric, NAGI on Refresh. Both free.
Paid Shopify themes cost $140 to $495. What they add over a free one is extra sections, menus and effects. That's exactly what the workshop builds, in your brand, from your references.
What people buy a paid theme for
Four apps for small things, a freelancer who takes ten days, and a Pinterest board of pages she can't build.
/fix"The menu covers the logo on iPhone."/audit-appsThree apps marked GREEN, replaced one by one./ideaThe product page from her Pinterest board.€360 a year back, and changes in hours instead of days.
On mobile the buy button disappears below long photos, and size questions arrive by email.
/change"Keep the buy button visible on mobile."/ideaA size guide he edits himself.−2 apps he was about to install.
Ads send traffic to a generic product page; packs live in a bundle app.
/ideaA landing page for each campaign./changeA pack selector where the price follows the pack.1 day per landing, without hiring anyone.
He uninstalled a reviews app and the cart broke on mobile. On a Sunday. The freelancer was on holiday.
/fixFound the code the app left behind and removed it safely./audit-appsReviews stay RED: keep an app, just a lighter one.<1 h and an honest "keep the app" where it was the right answer.
Her home page takes ages on mobile and she suspects the apps, but doesn't know which one.
/optimizeMeasured before and after: oversized images, two leftover app scripts./fixRemoved the leftovers safely, image sizes fixed.2× faster on mobile, with the numbers to prove it.
Six apps, one of them for subscriptions, and a product page that looks nothing like his brand.
/audit-appsSubscriptions stay RED. Two GREEN apps go./ideaA product page in his brand that still shows the subscription box.kept the right app and dropped the ones he didn't need.
Hi, I'm Chema.
I've written software for more than ten years, and I run a Shopify store, Anita's Home. I had your problem: an app for every little thing and a list of changes that never got done.
AI agents can do this work, but only if someone sets the rules: never touch the live theme, never edit the theme's own files, check everything on a phone, keep every change undoable.
The workshop is those rules, already set up. You get the result without becoming a developer.
Chema
You'll also need a Claude Pro plan (about $20/month) and owner or staff access to your Shopify store.
what lands in your inbox, a minute after paying ↓
/setup and log in to Shopify when it asksDownload link on the thank-you page and in your email. New versions arrive the same way, at no extra cost.
No. You describe what you want in your own words and approve a design and a plan in plain language. You never write, copy or paste code.
The store your customers see is never touched. Every change goes to a private copy you check first, and anything can be undone with one sentence.
Shopify's Sidekick creates single blocks and adjusts settings. It doesn't change the code you already have, debug what's broken, audit your apps or keep a history you can undo. The workshop does all four, and ChatGPT snippets do none of them safely.
No. Everything a paid theme adds over a free one (sections, layouts, menus, bundles, effects) is storefront code, and the workshop builds it into the free theme you already have, matched to your references. You won't get a paid theme's own code: it's licensed per store, so the agent writes original versions instead of copying. The look depends on the references you bring, not on the theme you paid for.
With the design your store already uses: Shopify's free ones (Dawn, Horizon, Fabric, Refresh…) and paid ones from the Theme Store. Only very old designs from before 2021 are more limited; the setup tells you in the first minute.
Every plan says how big the job is, how long it should take and whether it's a good idea. Sometimes the honest answer is "use an app" or "this needs a developer".
The agent talks to you in your language. The guide is in English, with a Spanish edition being prepared for launch.